Sabres rattle Flyers with scoring burst
Evander Kane scored to cap a three-goal secondperiod surge in leading the Sabres to a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers last night in Buffalo.
Sam Reinhart had a goal and two assists in extending Buffalo’s point streak to 3-0-1, the team’s best run of the season. William Carrier and Marcus Foligno, with an empty-net goal, also scored for the Sabres.
Goalie Anders Nilsson stopped 39 shots and had his shutout bid foiled by Brayden Schenn’s powerplay goal with 2:07 left.
Nilsson started in place of Robin Lehner, who was sidelined by an illness.
Steve Mason finished with 23 saves for the Flyers, who dropped to 2-6-3 in their past 11. It’s a stretch during which they’ve been outscored 33-18. The slump immediately followed a 10game winning streak. The Flyers also extended their road losing streak to 0-5-2.
Hurricanes 5, Blue Jackets 3 — Jordan Staal scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection with 16:10 to play, and Carolina beat Columbus in Raleigh, N.C.
Victor Rask had two assists and an empty-net goal, Jeff Skinner had a goal and two assists and Derek Ryan also had a goal and an assist. Brock McGinn added a goal for Carolina, which has earned points in 13-of14 home games.
For the Blue Jackets, Cam Atkinson scored his 20th goal, and Josh Anderson and Brandon Saad also scored. Columbus has a league-best 60 points but have lost 3-of-4.
Toronto acquired Columbus goalie Curtis McElhinney off waivers. McElhinney made only five starts this season behind All-Star pick Sergei Bobrovsky.
Blackhawks 4, Red Wings 3— Duncan Keith scored a power-play goal 38 seconds into overtime, lifting host Chicago over Detroit for its fourth straight victory.
Richard Panik also had a goal and assist for Chicago, while Brian Campbell and Tanner Kero each scored. Ryan Hartman added two assists. Corey Crawford stopped 33 shots.
Predators 2, Canucks 1 — Calle Jarnkrok scored a short-handed goal with 1.5 seconds remaining in overtime to lift host Nashville over Vancouver.
Austin Watson had the other Nashville goal and Pekka Rinne finished with 29 saves for the Predators.
Sharks 5, Oilers 3 — Mikkel Boedker scored three goals for his fourth career hat trick to lead visiting San Jose over Edmonton.
Brent Burns and Logan Couture also scored for the Sharks, who have won two straight since losing three in a row. Martin Jones stopped 33 shots.
Drake Caggiula, Matthew Benning and Oscar Klefbom scored for the Oilers, losers of two straight. Cam Talbot finished with 23 saves.
Burns’ point shot through traffic gave the Sharks a 2-1 lead with 18 seconds left in the opening period. Boedker then scored twice 61⁄ minutes apart in the second to give San Jose a threegoal lead.
Ducks 2, Stars 0 — John Gibson made 34 saves in his third shutout of the season, and Jakob Silfverberg had a goal and an assist in host Anaheim’s victory against Dallas.
Silfverberg scored a power-play goal in the second period, and the surging Swedish forward set up Andrew Cogliano’s top-shelf shot with 5:18 to play. Their line with center Ryan Kesler combined for 17 shots and largely dominated play for the Ducks, who stayed even with San Jose atop the Pacific Division with their fifth win in seven games.
Antti Niemi stopped 36 shots for the Stars, who wrapped up their threegame road trip with their fourth loss in five games overall.
Elsewhere in the NHL — Rookies Auston Matthews and Patrik Laine were among the 40 players selected yesterday to play in the NHL’s 62nd midseason showcase in Los Angeles. The Chicago Blackhawks led the league with four players selected for AllStar weekend on Jan. 27-29.
The game format will again be a 3-on-3 tournament featuring a team from each of the NHL’s four divisions. The players also will compete in a skills competition on Jan. 28.
Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby, Edmonton’s Connor McDavid, Nashville’s P.K. Subban and Montreal’s Carey Price were the fans’ choices for captains. The coaches will be Columbus’ John Tortorella, Minnesota’s Bruce Boudreau, San Jose’s Peter DeBoer and Montreal’s Michel Therrien.